ACE Association of College Educators West Valley Mission Community College District Office at West Valley 741-4631 or ace@wvmccd.cc.ca.us Web Site http://wvmccd.cc.ca.us/wvmccd/ace

APPROVED MINUTES

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

West Valley College BU10

I. MEMBERSPRESENT

Present	Member	Present	Member
x	Pat Andrews, WVC, President	x	Ed Kleppinger, MC, FT Rep
x	Carol Beck, MC, FT Rep	x	Louise Lodato, MC, AF Negotiator
x	Roberta Berlani, WVC, FT Rep	x	Ellen McAlister, MC, Negotiator
x	Randy Castello, WVC, Chief Negotiator, Budget Analyst	x	Benjamin Mendelsohn, WVC, FT Rep
x	Donna Frankel, AF Rep At-Large	x	Susanna Pancella, MC, Vice President, Secretary
x	Tom Golbetz, WVC, FT Rep	x	Rod Pavao, MC, FT Rep, Grievance/FSA Specialist
x	Michael Herauf, WVC, Grievance/FSA Specialist	x	Doug Temkin, WVC, Newsletter Editor
x	Nichola Gutierrez, WVC, Treasurer		Marge Throndson, WVC, AF Rep

GUESTS: None

II. CALLTO ORDER The President called the meeting to order at 2:45p.m.

III. ORGANIZATION

IV. AGENDA: No changes

V. MINUTES None

VI. REPORTS

A. President:

We want to get the District's compensation proposalout to the faculty as soon as possible. October 31 is the date we will send outa letter of explanation, the actual text of the article, and scenarios. We willdo this via email and place the information on the ACE web site. After this isdone we will setup two forums to discuss this proposal.

Wewill also organize an informational picket about the threat to our benefits.The Council and faculty will be asked to participate.

B. Vice President: None

C. Secretary:

Please update your Council email list and use onlythese addresses for Council business.

December9 is the off-campus end of year meeting. A location will be arranged.

D. Treasurer: None

E. Budget Analyst:  None

F. PAC: None

G. Legal Analyst:  None

H. Newsletter Editor: None

I. Associate Faculty: None

VII. CLOSEDSESSION

A. Grievance/FSASpecialist Report

B. Negotiations

VIII. OLD BUSINESS None

IX. NEW BUSINESS

CEW (Campus Equity Week): The week of Oct. 31-Nov. 4 is designated to educatecampus communities, the public and policymakers. It will focus attention oncontingent academic employment issues of fairness and quality of education.Donna Frankel will coordinate these efforts at our colleges.

Motion: To support the CEW efforts with up to $100reimbursement for flyers and other printed materials.

Made by: Susanna Pancella             Secondedby: Ed Kleppinger

Passed

Sabbatical Leave Committee: replacement member from Mission College. Afterreview of the candidate statements, discussion, and vote Rod Pavao wasappointed to this position.

Reminder:October 27 is the get-together for the new hires and tenure track faculty ateach campus.

X. FUTUREBUSINESS

Nextregular ACE meeting: November 3 at Mission in E3-301 starting at 2:30pm

Special Council meeting: November 10 at Mission in E3-301at 2:30pm – negotiations

XI. ADJOURNMENT The meeting ended at 5:05pm.

Respectfullysubmitted,

SusannaPancella, Secretary